Smoothing agents for treating textile fiber material

Abstract

A smoothing agent for the treatment of textile fiber material comprising (I) from 5 to 20% by weight of a higher fatty acid ester, (II) from 13 to 35% by weight of a paraffin, (III) from 1 to 10% by weight of a higher fatty acid amidopolyamine, (IV) from 0 to 5% by weight of higher fatty acid alkanolamides, (V) from 0 to 5% by weight of a quaternary ammonium salt, (VI) from 0 to 5% by weight of a nonionic ethoxylate, (VII) from 0 to 1% by weight of a protective colloid, (VIII) from 0 to 10% by weight of a water-immiscible organic solvent, (IX) from 1 to 10% by weight of a lower carboxylic acid or lower hydroxycarboxylic acid, and (X) the remainder to 100% by weight of water.

We claim: 
     
       1. A smoothing agent for the treatment of textile fiber material consisting essentially of: (I) from 5 to 20% by weight of a fatty acid ester from 1 mol of a fatty acid having from 14 to 18 carbon atoms and 1 mol of an alcohol selected from the group consisting of alkanols having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and alkanepolyols having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms,   (II) from 15 to 35% by weight of paraffin having a melting range of from 40° C. to 60° C., where the total of components (I) and (II) is from 20 to 50% by weight,   (III) from 1% to 10% by weight of at least one fatty acid amidopolyamine having the formula ##STR9##  wherein --OCR 1  is the acyl of a fatty acid having from 14 to 22 carbon atoms, m is an integer from 2 to 6, and n and o are numbers from 1 to 3,   (IV) from 0 to 5% by weight of a fatty acid alkanolamide from 1 mol of a fatty acid having from 12 to 18 carbon atoms and an alkanolamine selected from the group consisting of 1 mol of a monoalkanolamine having from 2 to 3 carbon atoms and 1 to 2 mols of a dialkanolamine having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms,   (V) from 0 to 5% by weight of at least one quaternary ammonium salt having the formula ##STR10##  wherein R 2  is an aliphatic hydrocarbon having from 12 to 18 carbon atoms, R 3  is a member selected from the group consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbons having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl having from 7 to 18 carbon atoms and alkylphenylalkyl having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, R 4  and R 5  are alkyl having 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and X -  is a salt-forming anion,   (VI) from 0 to 5% by weight of an ethylene oxide adduct to a compound having a replaceable hydrogen selected from the group consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbon alcohols having 9 to 22 carbon atoms, alkylphenols having from 12 to 20 carbon atoms, fatty acids having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms, higher fatty acid amides with alkylene diamines and dialkylene triamines having a total of from 12 to 22 carbon atoms, and alkylamines having from 12 to 22 carbon atoms, having from 35 to 85% by weight of ethylene oxide, where the total of components (III), (IV), (V) and (VI) is from 1 to 12% by weight,   (VII) from 0 to 1% by weight of a protective colloid,   (VIII) from 0 to 10% by weight of a water-immiscible organic solvent,   (IX) from 1 to 10% by weight of an acid selected from the group consisting of alkanoic acids having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and hydroxyalkanoic acids having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and   (X) the remainder to 100% by weight, water.   
     
     
       2. The smoothing agent of claim 1 wherein said component (I) is a fatty acid ester from 1 mol of a fatty acid having from 14 to 18 carbon atoms and 1 mol of an alkanol having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms. 
     
     
       3. The smoothing agent of claim 2 wherein said fatty acid ester is a member selected from the group consisting of a methyl palmitate, methyl isopalmitate and methyl stearate. 
     
     
       4. The smoothing agent of claim 1 wherein said component (II) is a paraffin having a melting range of from 50° C. to 60°. 
     
     
       5. The smoothing agent of claim 1 wherein said component (III) is a fatty acid amidopolyamine where --OCR 1  is the acyl of mixed fatty acids having 16 to 22 carbon atoms. 
     
     
       6. The smoothing agent of claim 1 wherein: component I is present in an amount of 7.5 to 20.0% by weight,   component II is present in an amount of 20.0 to 30.0% by weight,   component III is present in an amount of 2.8 to 6.0% by weight,   component IV is present in an amount of 0 to 1.5% by weight,   component V is present in an amount of 0 to 2.0% by weight,   component VI is present in an amount of 0.1 to 0.5% by weight,   component VII is present in an amount of 0 to 0.1% by weight,   component VIII is present in an amount of 0 to 4.0% by weight,   component IX is present in an amount of 3.0 to 8.0% by weight.   
     
     
       7. The smoothing agent of claim 6 wherein said component VI is an ethylene oxide adduct on an alkanol having 16 to 18 carbon atoms. 
     
     
       8. The smoothing agent of claim 6 wherein said component VI is an ethylene oxide adduct on a nonylphenol having 16 to 18 carbon atoms. 
     
     
       9. In the process of treating textile fiber material to lubricate the same comprising the steps of contacting a textile fiber material with a smoothing agent and recovering said lubricated textile fiber material, the improvement consisting of using from 0.2 to 3.0%, based on the active smoothing agent substances relative to the weight of the goods, of the smoothing agent of claim 1, as said smoothing agent. 
     
     
       10. The process of claim 9 wherein said smoothing agent is contacted with said textile fiber material by the bath exhaustion method. 
     
     
       11. The process of claim 9 wherein said smoothing agent is contacted with said textile fiber material by a spraying process. 
     
     
       12. The process of claim 9 wherein said smoothing agent is contacted with said textile fiber material by an immersion process.